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Mills, Christopher E. (2018) On the limits of the principle of sufficient autonomy. Law, Ethics and Philosophy, 5 . doi:10.31009/LEAP.2017.V5.14 ISSN 2341-1465.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.31009/LEAP.2017.V5.14
Abstract
In his recent book, Just Enough, Liam Shields offers a novel defence of the Principle of Sufficient Autonomy. According to this principle, each citizen is owed ‘enough’ powers of deliberation and scope for decision - making as a matter of justice in order to satisfy our fundamental interest in acting and believing freely. In this article, I offer two objections against this view. The first objection challenges the plausibility of the principle. I argue that the principle that Shields derives from our interest in freedom will struggle to secure the proper protection for our capacities for autonomous behaviour that man y autonomy - minded liberals would expect the principle to provide. The second objection challenges the distinctiveness of the principle. I argue that Shields’ defence cannot successfully dismiss all of its competitors and I offer an account of constitutive welfarism to illustrate this point.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||
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Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HB Economic Theory J Political Science > JC Political theory |
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Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > School of Law | ||||
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Distributive justice, Liberty, Autonomy | ||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Law, Ethics and Philosophy | ||||
Publisher: | Pompeu Fabra University | ||||
ISSN: | 2341-1465 | ||||
Official Date: | 31 May 2018 | ||||
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Volume: | 5 | ||||
DOI: | 10.31009/LEAP.2017.V5.14 | ||||
Institution: | University of Warwick | ||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||
Access rights to Published version: | Open Access (Creative Commons) | ||||
Date of first compliant deposit: | 3 August 2018 | ||||
Date of first compliant Open Access: | 3 August 2018 |
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